Israeli Magazine Rates Top Israeli Models

An Israeli news outlet, Israel21c, has rated the country's top models, and there are quite a few stunners on the list, including Esti Ginzburg, Bar Refaeli and Gal Gadot who have graced the pages of this blog. As a reminder:

Gal Gadot

Esti Ginzberg

The full rundown can be found here.

Once again, these women show that they've got what it takes to compete with the best models in the world and that Israel is known for more than just the ongoing war with the Palestinians or being a tech giant. They're a well rounded (and endowed) country. 

Brazilian Models Have Stiff Competition From Israelis

Mrs. Lawhawk sends this along.

Sure, everyone knows that Brazilian supermodels dominate the swimsuit model industry, but Israeli model Donna Feldman thinks her native country is ready to give the South American hotspot a run for its money.

"Every time I visit my family in Israel I am blown away by how beautiful the women are. The beach in Tel Aviv is filled with tan, curvy, all-natural exotic women," Feldman quipped. "Instead of a single man vacationing on the beach in Brazil, Israel is definitely another option to consider."

But as the saying goes, you can’t please everyone - and while Feldman was totally flattered to be featured alongside Bar Refaeli in the Brett Ratner-directed "Ladies of ‘69" calendar for Heeb Magazine, to mark the year 5769, a bit of bare skin comes with a few wicked words.

"There is so much hatred in the world nothing surprises me. I received tons of fan mail and my family was very proud, but hate mail [as well]." Feldman told Tarts in our exclusive interview. "If I felt offended in any way, I would have never done the project. But I was raised in a completely open minded family with an amazing sense of humor."

So with beauties such as Feldman, Bar Refaeli, Natalie Portman and "Weeds" starlet Meital Dohan flying the flag for Israel, is it possible that it is taking over from Brazil when it comes to being the most bikinilicious?

As I can attest from my own experiences in Israel, Israeli women certainly can handle the competition from anywhere else in the world. I'd throw in Gal Gadot and Esti Ginzberg as well.



Besides, Israeli women know how to handle their firearms.

The Ad Ms. Magazine Doesn't Want You To See

Here's the ad. Seems pretty plain and incapable of causing controversy. It shows three of the most prominent women in Israeli politics and law today - holding some of the highest ranking positions along with the words, This Is Israel.

Apparently, Ms. magazine didn't like the content. That's their right, but something is horribly wrong about that decision. What exactly did they find harmful or offensive in the message? It's not like they're showing underweight and/or anoerxic women who suffer from eating disorders parading around on the catwalk that give impressionable women and girls the wrong ideas about self-image.

The Magazine's response seems downright lame, claiming that they "...would love to have an ad from you on women's empowerment, or reproductive freedom, but not on this"

No word on what that actually means.



Would this pass muster?

This Research Gig Too Good To Pass Up

A German research published in New England Journal of Medicine and Weekly World News said that men staring at women's breasts in fact prolong their lives with years.

"Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female such as Baywatch actress Pamela Lee is equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out," said author Dr. Karen Weatherby, a gerontologist.

The team led by Weatherby was made up of researchers at three hospitals in Frankfurt, Germany, and found this results after monitoring for 5 years the health of 200 male subjects, half of whom were asked to look at busty females daily, while the other half had to abstain from doing so.

For five years, the boob oglers presented a lower blood pressure, slower resting pulse rates and decreased risk of coronary artery disease.

What does a guy have to do to get a job as a researcher these days? And how exactly did they manage to convince the research advisory committees that this was research worth funding? Well, when you show boobs, anything goes.

So, if we've got to see boobies for 10 minutes a day to gain a benefit, here's my response:





UPDATE:
Well, Snopes says that this is a bogus story, and the news outlet got taken by the story. Heh. I'm not going to take any chances, so why should you?

Maxim and the Women of the IDF

For those who defend Israel against all her enemies, we salute you. This is part of Maxim's ad campaign on behalf of Israel to show that it is not all about war and violence. There's a softer side to Israel. One that cannot be denied for its stunning beauty and intoxicating delightfulness.

Israel needs its women to be prepared to defend the country against terrorists and invasion because history has shown that Israel's neighbors have repeatedly sworn to destroy Israel.

Hamas and Fatah are dedicated to Israel's destruction, and I'm sure that if those two terrorist groups ceased to exist, these Israeli women would much prefer not to have to engage in basic training and service in the military. Alas, that is wishful thinking as the likes of Iran continues to threaten Israel with destruction and other nations in the region use proxy forces to undermine Israel's security.

UPDATE:
For those that have different tastes, Gal Gadot is also a stunner.

Compare and Contrast

Yes, Gal Gadot is included in the video.

This is what passes as improving Hamas's image:

Waiting for Gadot

Hey, this kind of posting has its benefits. Lots of folks like to see pretty things. Are we in blog sweeps this week? I sure hope so.



That's Gal Gadot, the Israeli beauty on the red carpet for the Maxim hosted event for the Israeli consulate in New York City.

She's Kosher Alright

I reported yesterday that the outrage over Gal Gadot's posing for an ad campaign that included an event at the Israeli Consulate in New York City last night was overblown.

Still, Gadot felt that she had to come forward and issue a statement:

The stunning former Miss Israel and model, Gal Gadot, said she is proud of her sexy photograph - part of a new tourism campaign touted by the Israeli Consulate that show cases a host of scantily clad Hebrew hotties.

"Obviously, I don't think it's pornographic, or I wouldn't have done it," said Gadot, 22, who's starting law school in the fall.

She added, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Israel is a democracy and that's what it's all about."

Her picture appeared on an official invitation sent out by the consulate in New York. It touched off an uproar in Israel, where several female politicians denounced it as the wrong way to promote the Jewish state.

The invite was for a Maxim magazine party last night at Chelsea hotspot Marquee to hype its July issue showcasing "Women of the Israeli Defense Forces."

"I'm not involved in politics," said the 5-foot-9 beauty. "I leave that to the politicians."

Israeli Consul-General Arye Mekel tried to diffuse the situation.

"This is the first time we used the word 'shoot' in connection to Israel and we're not talking about killing people," Mekel quipped about the photo shoot.

UPDATE:
Via Amos, here's a video of Gal:



UPDATE:
This post will serve as my call for today's Best and Brightest - just like Gal!

Israel's Latest Bombshells

Some Israeli legislators are getting all wound up over the portray of one mighty fine looking Israeli woman who is helping raise awareness for an event at the Israeli consulate in New York City today, that is cosponsored by Maxim (that should have been a giveaway that you were going to get some mighty attractive folks to adorn the ad campaign).

But prominent Israeli women say using sex to market the Land of Milk and Honey is "an outrage."

Former Consul-General Colette Avital, a member of the Israeli parliament, yesterday demanded an urgent meeting with the Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik to get an explanation of what she called the "pornographic campaign," the newspaper Yediot Achronoth reported.

The consulate in New York says the campaign is just seeking good demographics.

"We found that Israel's image among men 18-38 is lacking," David Saranga, consul for media and public affairs said.

"So we thought we'd approach them with an image they'd find appealing."

That's the wrong image, said Zahava Gal-On, a Knesset member and chairwoman of the Meretz Party.

These critics complain that the photo is pornographic. Sorry, I see it as art.

It most certainly isn't obscene. It's also quite representative of what you'll see at Israeli beaches throughout the year.

Your mileage might vary, but this is yet another reason to go visit Israel.

UPDATE:
Those who are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill here had ample warning. This was known to the Israeli legislators back in March, when Israel decided to approach Maxim over doing an ad campaign.

The beer 'n' babes magazine Maxim will send photographers to Israel next week for an Israeli women photo shoot that Foreign Ministry officials hope redefines what the magazine's hormone-charged readers think when they hear television reporters say "the situation in Israel is hot."

"All the surveys we have done shows that the biggest hasbara problem that Israel has is with males from the age of 18-35," said David Saranga, the consul for media and public affairs at Israel's consulate in New York.

"Israel does not seem relevant for them, and that is bad for branding," he said. "In order to change their perception of Israel as only a land of conflict, we want to present to them an Israel that interests them." Which is where good-looking women in skimpy bikinis come in.

The nine-person Maxim team, including photographers, a reporter, hairstylists and make-up people, will arrive for a five-day photo-shoot on Tuesday, using Tel Aviv-Jaffa - and the old and new motif - as a backdrop for the photographs.

UPDATE:
Jammie has more thoughts on the matter, as well as a link to the Maxim spread on the IDF gals.